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fema did deliver some trucks and there was food being delivered. working, he was able to get jet blue and delta airlines, it to give them praise because they brought in food and were feeding some, but it's still similar. people don't know. we've got to get the word out, but there's no electricity. no telephone. no internet access and trying to get the word out and they're frustrated. >> what are the biggest frustrations they have? >> one, first thing is -- and then at night, because of the security, you know, you've got individuals that are concerned about security. you've got some who still want to go back to work, there's no bus. the bus service, the last bus leaves at 5:00. so folks facing isolated after that. some people work late. some need to go to work early. that's over. you have i saw today, fortunately, some of the shop owners had generators and they allowed some of the residents to come in and just get some warmth and plug in and charge their cell phones so they could try to communicate with someone. it's tough situation. >> and it's har
fema did deliver some trucks and there was food being delivered. working, he was able to get jet blue and delta airlines, it to give them praise because they brought in food and were feeding some, but it's still similar. people don't know. we've got to get the word out, but there's no electricity. no telephone. no internet access and trying to get the word out and they're frustrated. >> what are the biggest frustrations they have? >> one, first thing is -- and then at night, because...
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questions about fema dogged the candidate. >> governor, are you going to eliminate fema? >> let's turn to sam stein and also joan walsh. joan, let's go to you first. this is where the bs meets the reality when it comes to mitt romney and what he really wants to do with fema. this puts the candidate in a tight spot, doesn't it? >> well, yes, of course, it does, ed. this moment really reminds me of that moment in 2008 when john mccain had his crazy reaction to the economic crash and wanted to suspend his campaign and go back to washington and looked like he doesn't understand what was at stake. mitt romney looked ridiculous at that rally today. he was talking about cleaning up a football field of rubbish. and i think it's civilly when you can't play politics. right now, we're having a debate over the future of our society. and things like this disaster relief are really quite pertinent. so it's not that he can't campaign, but go out there and take questions about what you want to do with fema. go out and there and defend your me first, devolve to the states attitude. but he
questions about fema dogged the candidate. >> governor, are you going to eliminate fema? >> let's turn to sam stein and also joan walsh. joan, let's go to you first. this is where the bs meets the reality when it comes to mitt romney and what he really wants to do with fema. this puts the candidate in a tight spot, doesn't it? >> well, yes, of course, it does, ed. this moment really reminds me of that moment in 2008 when john mccain had his crazy reaction to the economic crash...
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to the rescue, but fema needs more money to rescue. the democratic congressman from the fine state of pennsylvania, give them another what, 12 billion bucks, right? >> well, 12 billion is the bill. it's about 6.7 billion for fema and another 5 billion to help state and local governments. your governor there in new york says it's 50 billion dollar problem in terms of cost to new york, new jersey, you've got to do something with rebuilding that coastline and all of the damage. in philadelphia, connecticut, the damage and cost to local government. so, i would put forward a bill, there will be a bill to provide emergency funding because the storm, as there always is, and the question about, you know, when we move and how we move it. i think we should move forward aggressively now because you know, i heard on fox business that it's 25 billion in retail sale losses, i mean, we -- there's going to be a real economic consequence here and we need to respond. >> neil: you know, maybe i'm maybe the only one in the country that doesn't share your
to the rescue, but fema needs more money to rescue. the democratic congressman from the fine state of pennsylvania, give them another what, 12 billion bucks, right? >> well, 12 billion is the bill. it's about 6.7 billion for fema and another 5 billion to help state and local governments. your governor there in new york says it's 50 billion dollar problem in terms of cost to new york, new jersey, you've got to do something with rebuilding that coastline and all of the damage. in...
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not fema? >> good pollitics but unfortunately from my experience the red cross was inhabited by fema. think of the difference between how the evacuation occurred in new york after 9/11, thousands of people with the opposite of katrina because fema had control. giving up on iividuals helping neighbors, local government, that is a serious problem and why we are bankrupt. all the money that will go out, there is no money in the paint and -- bank so they will just borrow and print and centralize the power to be in washington dc part of that is bureaucratic and in sufficient. john: thank you for all you have done to wake people up. but i fear we will not have much convince -- success convincing people we don't need fema. even though government fails part instinct leads us to assume washington has the best. they don't. they fail all the time. fema fails constantly. after hurricane hugo one senator called it bureaucratic jackasses to get the hell out of the way. they said prove it but after hurricane
not fema? >> good pollitics but unfortunately from my experience the red cross was inhabited by fema. think of the difference between how the evacuation occurred in new york after 9/11, thousands of people with the opposite of katrina because fema had control. giving up on iividuals helping neighbors, local government, that is a serious problem and why we are bankrupt. all the money that will go out, there is no money in the paint and -- bank so they will just borrow and print and...
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this is one of ten fema gas distribution sites across new york and new jersey. this one is dedicated to helping first responders. but there are sites where residents can go fill up. a ten-gallon minimum. but at locations not near these sites you will see still many long, long lines of cars and people with containers. the femds have cleared the way for some 22 million gallons of gas to be made available to stations that have run dry. these ten fema locations have about 200,000 gallons of gas they will be distributing, but it will still be some time, the gas situation, not expected to return to normal until late this week. david? >> alex perez has been on this every step of the way. alex, thank you. we want to tell our viewers at home, our parent company disney is organizing a day of giving on all of our programs, beginning with "good morning america," all the way through "world news" and "nightline." we'll be reporting on how we can all help the victims of the storm. that's tomorrow, all day long, right here on abc. >>> in the meantime, we turn now to a tragic in
this is one of ten fema gas distribution sites across new york and new jersey. this one is dedicated to helping first responders. but there are sites where residents can go fill up. a ten-gallon minimum. but at locations not near these sites you will see still many long, long lines of cars and people with containers. the femds have cleared the way for some 22 million gallons of gas to be made available to stations that have run dry. these ten fema locations have about 200,000 gallons of gas...
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right now the county executive is meeting with fema to set up plans as to how the recovery will take place. work is coming in from all over the country to work with lipa, to restore the power, but it's going to be a tough haul. i can say that everything that can be done is being done. over the next several days, you'll see more power being restored. this could go on for another ten days to two weeks. >> are there still people missing? there are a lot of people who chose to ride this storm out. a lot of people who weren't even in areas that were supposed to be at high risk and they're still there. >> yeah. for instance, long beach, which is an island 30,000, 40,000 people on the island. many of them stayed, and i was talking to several people today. and this is just anecdotal. friends of theirs who cannot find their wife or daughters or their sons, cousins, people in homes who made frantic phone calls at 11:00, 12:00 on sunday night. and then the phone went dead. there's virtually no communication with long beach island right now. the police are out there. they're going door to door.
right now the county executive is meeting with fema to set up plans as to how the recovery will take place. work is coming in from all over the country to work with lipa, to restore the power, but it's going to be a tough haul. i can say that everything that can be done is being done. over the next several days, you'll see more power being restored. this could go on for another ten days to two weeks. >> are there still people missing? there are a lot of people who chose to ride this storm...
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last year, mitt romney appeared to suggest fema should be shutdown and its responsibilities left to the state tree >> tonight bge restore power to more than 90% of customers. >> there are some still in the dark tonight. more on the cleanup in the aftermath. >> we are said at the bge area in timonium were a lot of just have come in and out. crews have been working around clock to restore power but there are still people in the dark tonight. they did not let that stop them from celebrating halloween. her halloween was a little darker this year than previous years. >> none of us have power on this street. or the whole block. we do not have a single line up behind our house. >> even though the streets and the denver neighborhood did not have working street lamps because of the storm, -- the streets in her neighborhood did not have working street lamps because of the storm. >> we did earlier this year. so they could have a little more time. dam it will go around trigger -- then we will go around trick-or- treating with them. >> even with the outages in this neighborhood, police officers main
last year, mitt romney appeared to suggest fema should be shutdown and its responsibilities left to the state tree >> tonight bge restore power to more than 90% of customers. >> there are some still in the dark tonight. more on the cleanup in the aftermath. >> we are said at the bge area in timonium were a lot of just have come in and out. crews have been working around clock to restore power but there are still people in the dark tonight. they did not let that stop them from...
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fema has been coordinating the major disaster relief the. there have been phone calls every day for the new york delegation about how they are responding. there is a great need for food and water in lower manhattan. when you go below 37 street, it is a total blackout. there are no traffic lights or phones. no way to communicate. when you are down there you can not send an e-mail or make a phone call. people are helping each other and directing traffic. the small businesses are afraid that some of them will go out of business because they operate on a fragile business line. their produce, they're derry, their stock in restaurants and small stores, it is just going bad. the food is going bad. they are losing their total revenue. we have been talking about coming in and setting up a satellite office for bridge loans and other ways to help these small businesses. fema and others are coming in. the national guard is coming in to some areas. particularly seniors in these high rises where there are elevators. so, all in all, it is the wrost storm i
fema has been coordinating the major disaster relief the. there have been phone calls every day for the new york delegation about how they are responding. there is a great need for food and water in lower manhattan. when you go below 37 street, it is a total blackout. there are no traffic lights or phones. no way to communicate. when you are down there you can not send an e-mail or make a phone call. people are helping each other and directing traffic. the small businesses are afraid that some...
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fema the county executives are meeting with fema to set up compact plans as to how that recovery will take place. workers are coming in from all over the country to restore the power but it's a tough haul. i don't want to give anyone any false hope. everything that can be done is being done. i think over the next several days you will see more power being restored but this could go on for another ten days to two weeks. >> are there people still missing? what we saw in hoboken, new jersey, 20,000 people are still there, stuck with water beneath their apartments and their homes but there are a lot of people who chose to ride this storm out, a lot of people who weren't in areas that were supposed to be at high risk and they're still there. >> yes, for instance long beach, which is an island probably 34,000 people on the island, many of them stayed, and i was talking to several people today, just anecdotal but friends of theirs who cannot find their wife or their daughters or their sons, cousins, people in homes who made frantic phone calls at 11:00, 12:00 on sunday night and the phone we
fema the county executives are meeting with fema to set up compact plans as to how that recovery will take place. workers are coming in from all over the country to restore the power but it's a tough haul. i don't want to give anyone any false hope. everything that can be done is being done. i think over the next several days you will see more power being restored but this could go on for another ten days to two weeks. >> are there people still missing? what we saw in hoboken, new jersey,...
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running out of water but fema coordinated the aid, they do not provide direct aid. people have a warped understanding and a misunderstanding of what fema actually does. it leads to anger when that is not necessarily the case. >>bob:. fema has done, it is a coordinated effect, but they have deployed more resources than any other tragedy in history. but you cannot laugh and say, where are they? >> a lot of people on staten island wonder where they are. they ran out of the water yesterday. they were not going to get water until monday. my point isn't whether fema is doing a good job my point is why was chris christie so in a hurry to get to a podium and pat president obama on the back. unless it is money. >> i can say this is a strange conversation to have with a guy playing a flute. >> you are getting heated and i am watching this guy play a flute. it was delightful. it was very nice. >> that is the crowd waiting for mitt romney's plane to arrive there is a delay, make 45 minutes or an hour. >> and the point about the funding, president obama had no choice, too, blue
running out of water but fema coordinated the aid, they do not provide direct aid. people have a warped understanding and a misunderstanding of what fema actually does. it leads to anger when that is not necessarily the case. >>bob:. fema has done, it is a coordinated effect, but they have deployed more resources than any other tragedy in history. but you cannot laugh and say, where are they? >> a lot of people on staten island wonder where they are. they ran out of the water...
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so i said mom call fema. she called fema. she had to fill out all kinds of -- she had to fill out all kinds of paper, give her income tax and do all of this stuff to qualify, and they came and assessed, and they said you have probably around $2,000 worth of damage, you know -- it's not as high as citizens did it. and they ended up giving her -- they said are you safe, do you have a place to live? and she said yes, i'm fine and with her income they ended up giving her -- she just got her doors repaired and she got some money for it. it didn't cover the damages by any means, but she did get some money for it. she had been paying to her insurance company, and they gave her nothing. and the point is because you are privatizing it everything -- and florida is different because they have just screwed all of the homeowners down here, but how are you going to call somebody if it's privatize, 1-800-can you come save me? >> exactly. their first question would be how do we make a profit from this? >> right. and for people who think fema
so i said mom call fema. she called fema. she had to fill out all kinds of -- she had to fill out all kinds of paper, give her income tax and do all of this stuff to qualify, and they came and assessed, and they said you have probably around $2,000 worth of damage, you know -- it's not as high as citizens did it. and they ended up giving her -- they said are you safe, do you have a place to live? and she said yes, i'm fine and with her income they ended up giving her -- she just got her doors...
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good of a job fema is doing. we're taking your calls at 866-55-press. we'll get back to fema in just a second. but first if you are having a hard time making ends meet here is something you ought to consider, offering an opportunity you can take advantage of, you can literally earn money on your own laptop from your own kitchen table 24/7. so if you are sick of living paycheck to paycheck worried about job security or retirement, if your goal is to earn extra money from home part or full-time. incomeathome.com. check them out. they are even giving away a thousand bucks to somebody just for checking them out. incomeathome.com incomeathome.com. fawn thanks again for coming in. jimmy carter created the agency i believe. bill clinton brought james lee whit with him from arkansas and made him fema director, and then george bush took it out of the cabinet, put it in the bowls of dhs -- >> yeah. >> bill: cut the budget and then katrina happened and fema wasn't up to the task. and now president obama has brought it back.
good of a job fema is doing. we're taking your calls at 866-55-press. we'll get back to fema in just a second. but first if you are having a hard time making ends meet here is something you ought to consider, offering an opportunity you can take advantage of, you can literally earn money on your own laptop from your own kitchen table 24/7. so if you are sick of living paycheck to paycheck worried about job security or retirement, if your goal is to earn extra money from home part or full-time....
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he does not mention fema, but i'm going to. yesterday we talked about the federal emergency response administration missteps in the past, the slow response to hurricane katrina, the formaldehyde ligand trailers purchased for katrina victims to live in. and now it is becoming more and more clear hurricane sandy may well banother example of the government blowing it. it's a staten island resident had a same complaints residents of new orleans had seven years ago. where is fema when we need them. other problems ththat liberal bureaucracy huggers like to ignore. according to a new analysis from the heritage foundation, fema dollars after all taxpayer dollars look more and more like a goody bag, honeypot for presidents to raise. think of them as a political porkbarrel spending agency because that is unfortunately what it has become. the disaster declarations are on the rise. reagan had 28 per year on average. under nine under bill clinton. obama, 153. he takes the cake. heritage foundation rates to put this in perspective in somewhe
he does not mention fema, but i'm going to. yesterday we talked about the federal emergency response administration missteps in the past, the slow response to hurricane katrina, the formaldehyde ligand trailers purchased for katrina victims to live in. and now it is becoming more and more clear hurricane sandy may well banother example of the government blowing it. it's a staten island resident had a same complaints residents of new orleans had seven years ago. where is fema when we need them....
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man was arrested as he allegedly tried to fill a gas can from an off limited pump, the first of ten fema sites opened, dismentioning free -- dispenses up to free gas, up to ten gallons. lights are slowly coming back to life, but too slowly for millions. >> american red cross, we have hot meals. >> reporter: in many crip permitted community, -- crippled community, that means they rely on charity to eat. >> they gave out the last meals. >> people are in homes that are not habit able it, it will become clear of that when the temperature starts to drop. >> reporter: there is an liquid relief of a different sort on the way, anheuser-busch, known for brewing budweiser is refueling sop taps to can water, they are sending 44,000 cases to the storm area on the house, good for a tea totally -- -- local neighbors are traveling up to help the northern neighbors. the steak house in downtown has organized a trip with epic -- they will collect supplies and heading to new jersey. bread donations coming from h and s bakery, and large generate tores to heat up homes are on the way. >> they are a couple ho
man was arrested as he allegedly tried to fill a gas can from an off limited pump, the first of ten fema sites opened, dismentioning free -- dispenses up to free gas, up to ten gallons. lights are slowly coming back to life, but too slowly for millions. >> american red cross, we have hot meals. >> reporter: in many crip permitted community, -- crippled community, that means they rely on charity to eat. >> they gave out the last meals. >> people are in homes that are not...
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really trying to get out information for fema as well. new york governor andrew cuomo is pledging 100 million from the state for hurricane sandy victims and said transportation is improving. 80 percent of the subways service has been restored, that is under literally under one week. 80 percent of the subway has been restored from what was horrendous damage. and the worst damage that the subway system had ever seen. well, governor cuomo announced five emergency mobile gas station will be set up in the new york city area with free gas and limit of 10 gallons per person. and new jersey governor with odd and even. residents with even will buy gas on even days. we have seen dozens of volunteers and organizing themselves via facebook and twitter and bringing their own tools and shovels and garbage bags and helping out fellow man. >> it is a toughuation. i hope they get the help they need fast. >> thank you very much. >> from hope and change to revenge? you heard the president's remarks and will the final days of the campaign go negative. many s
really trying to get out information for fema as well. new york governor andrew cuomo is pledging 100 million from the state for hurricane sandy victims and said transportation is improving. 80 percent of the subways service has been restored, that is under literally under one week. 80 percent of the subway has been restored from what was horrendous damage. and the worst damage that the subway system had ever seen. well, governor cuomo announced five emergency mobile gas station will be set up...
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of course he loves fema now. but he didn't love it when they were coming up with a budget plan. >> and to eugene's point, if mitt romney thinks he might get some solace from ryan, there's the paul ryan budget, which also slashes any amount, what is it, $23 million from the budget from fema? i mean, again, their actual plans would eviscerate provisions for the kind of plastic surge emergency that this nation is facing today. >> and very shortly, we're going to be discussing whether or not to raise the debt ceiling again. and debt ceilings get pushed out by these kinds of disasters. you know, the new york subway has to be cleared out. the new york subway is not going to pay for that on its own. they're going to need federal support across this area. that's going to run right up against this debt ceiling. let's see if the republicans remember that their nominee, maybe their president-elect, says fema should be fully federally funded. >> and we look forward too hearing if bain capital will provide the funding. eugene
of course he loves fema now. but he didn't love it when they were coming up with a budget plan. >> and to eugene's point, if mitt romney thinks he might get some solace from ryan, there's the paul ryan budget, which also slashes any amount, what is it, $23 million from the budget from fema? i mean, again, their actual plans would eviscerate provisions for the kind of plastic surge emergency that this nation is facing today. >> and very shortly, we're going to be discussing whether...
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. >> you need fema and need support. >> fema is about to run out of money. how do you deal with something like that. >> take something from the federal government and send it back to the states. >> you need fema and need support. >> if you can go even further and send it back to the private sector, that's even better. >> mitt romney can't show up on the east coast right now. he has to stay away. >> the president has been all over this. >> listen to your state and local officials. >> he deserves great credit. >> this storm is not yet over. >> the october surprise is here. >>> we begin tonight with the devastation from the massive storm called sandy. the death toll continues to rise. within the hour, it has gone from 43 deaths to 50. as a result of the storm. at least 23 of those deaths are in new york state. 18 here in new york city, alone. president obama has declared disasters in 11 states as well as washington, d.c. since sunday, the worst of the damage is in new jersey and new york. the president is scheduled to survey the damage in new jersey tomorrow wi
. >> you need fema and need support. >> fema is about to run out of money. how do you deal with something like that. >> take something from the federal government and send it back to the states. >> you need fema and need support. >> if you can go even further and send it back to the private sector, that's even better. >> mitt romney can't show up on the east coast right now. he has to stay away. >> the president has been all over this. >> listen...
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and at the same time, it brought up mitt romney's earlier statements about wanting to reorganize fema and give it to the states at a time when everybody, especially governor christie, was appreciating the centralized fema and reorganized fema under the obama administration. >> i'd like to point out that mayor bloomberg didn't say it was only on the issue of climate change. he mentioned reproductive rights and pro choice and i think there was another issue. this was a reason -- he pointed out that governor romney had taken reasonable positions in the past, which he had apparently abandoned. >> this is an excellent point. it was also, you know, a rejection of romney. >> who cares? >> who cares about the mayor of new york? he's a big deal in new york, nationally, chris christie is better known. august -- all bloomberg is known for is the >> okay. where's mitt? >> at a subsequent interview, the governor took a question from fox reporter steve doocy. >> is there any possibility that governor romney may go to new jersey to tour some of the damage with you? >> i have ea, nor am i the leasbit
and at the same time, it brought up mitt romney's earlier statements about wanting to reorganize fema and give it to the states at a time when everybody, especially governor christie, was appreciating the centralized fema and reorganized fema under the obama administration. >> i'd like to point out that mayor bloomberg didn't say it was only on the issue of climate change. he mentioned reproductive rights and pro choice and i think there was another issue. this was a reason -- he pointed...
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sequestration will cut fema another 8%. remember, the republicans kind of led the charge with sequestrati sequestration. there are so many challenges for us to consider. we talk about october surprises. it's really unique to have a national natural disaster as an october surprise because i think it should open people's mites up to what the folk on the right have been talking about about gutting government and privatizing everything. you can't privatize disaster relief. we know about all the scams. you need the government to coordinate across the states. you can sakic it back to the states but we need coordination across the states for this kind of relief effort and also, martin, finally here, in the absence of any kind of government intervention with respect to climate change, to go on the other end of that and then to also say we want to cut and demolish fema is absolutely absurd. we need both. we need to address climate change and we need to sort of make sure that fema is also a resource because if you're looking at tsuna
sequestration will cut fema another 8%. remember, the republicans kind of led the charge with sequestrati sequestration. there are so many challenges for us to consider. we talk about october surprises. it's really unique to have a national natural disaster as an october surprise because i think it should open people's mites up to what the folk on the right have been talking about about gutting government and privatizing everything. you can't privatize disaster relief. we know about all the...
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the president -- >> but not before coming out against fema. now, this is where i talk about the strange things. it's not just the weather. it's the conjunction of weather and politics. now, not long ago in june we're going to look at a picture now, this is when the republican candidate for president, mitt romney, went on the usual ideological facet people take saying let's get rid of this and let the states handle it. nobody is saying that tonight. >> fema is about to rub out of money. some people say maybe we're learning a lesson that the states should take on more of this role. >> absolutely. every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the right direction. and if you can go even further and send it back to the private sector, that's even better. we're borrowing $1.6 trillion more this year than we're taking in. >> including disaster relief. >> we cannot afford to do those things without jeopardizing the future for tour kids. it is simply immoral in my view to rack up la
the president -- >> but not before coming out against fema. now, this is where i talk about the strange things. it's not just the weather. it's the conjunction of weather and politics. now, not long ago in june we're going to look at a picture now, this is when the republican candidate for president, mitt romney, went on the usual ideological facet people take saying let's get rid of this and let the states handle it. nobody is saying that tonight. >> fema is about to rub out of...
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fema has moved its headquarters out west. bge reports that more than 90 acres -- 90% of customers have had their power restored -- 98% of customers that have their power restored. the highest concentrations of outages are in baltimore county. >> to be zero separate water main breaks in northeast baltimore -- two separate water main breaks in northeast baltimore had crews very busy. >> how long are they thinking traffic is going to be impacted? >> it is still not clear. public works official said it could be as many as a few days before the roads are reopened. before about 40 residences and businesses get their water restored. you can see that crews are still on the scene tonight working to restore that water main break. public works crews hard work during morning rush hour. just hours later, another break the 4600 block of york road. >> both breaks are unrelated. they happen to occur within six or seven hours of each other. >> the culprit is one already well-known. >> one of those things that happens with old infrastructure.
fema has moved its headquarters out west. bge reports that more than 90 acres -- 90% of customers have had their power restored -- 98% of customers that have their power restored. the highest concentrations of outages are in baltimore county. >> to be zero separate water main breaks in northeast baltimore -- two separate water main breaks in northeast baltimore had crews very busy. >> how long are they thinking traffic is going to be impacted? >> it is still not clear. public...
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again, questions of fema dogged the candidate. >> governor, are you going to eliminate fema? >> are you guys ready for the light stuff? >> let's turn to sam stein, political reporter for "the huffington post and joan walsh, the author of "what's wrong with white people." what mitt romney wants to do with fema. this puts the candidate in a pretty tight spot, doesn't it? >> well, yes, of course it does, ed. i mean this moment really reminds me of that moment in 2008 when john mccain had his crazy reaction to the economic crash and wanted to suspend his campaign and go back to washington and really looked like he didn't understand what was at stake or what was going on. mitt romney looked ridiculous at that rally today. i mean he was talking about cleaning up -- one time he had to clean up a football field of rubbish and comparing that to disaster relief and i'm not somebody -- i think it's kind of silly when we say we can't play politics at this moment. there's always politics and right now we're having an election. we're having a debate over the future of our society and thing
again, questions of fema dogged the candidate. >> governor, are you going to eliminate fema? >> are you guys ready for the light stuff? >> let's turn to sam stein, political reporter for "the huffington post and joan walsh, the author of "what's wrong with white people." what mitt romney wants to do with fema. this puts the candidate in a pretty tight spot, doesn't it? >> well, yes, of course it does, ed. i mean this moment really reminds me of that moment...
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, if fema should disappear. governor romney didn't answer their questions. why do you suppose that was? >> because he knows that that is a potential pitfall for his candidacy, very much like his comments on the auto bailout in detroit. it's a no-win swigs for him. that might prove a critical difference come election day. >> thomas whalen, thank you for sharing your insights. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >>> atlantic city was one of the hardest areas hit. we'll talk to the city's mayor live next. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. monarch of marketing analysis. with the ability to improve roi through seo all by cob. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. i'm going b-i-g. [ male announcer ] good choice business pro. good choice. go national. go like a pro. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartbu
, if fema should disappear. governor romney didn't answer their questions. why do you suppose that was? >> because he knows that that is a potential pitfall for his candidacy, very much like his comments on the auto bailout in detroit. it's a no-win swigs for him. that might prove a critical difference come election day. >> thomas whalen, thank you for sharing your insights. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >>> atlantic city was one of the hardest areas hit. we'll...
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. >> thank you fema fema is about to run out with money. >> 88 hours in ohio. >> president obama on the ground in ohio. >> the center of the political universe right now. >> right here in ohio. >> you know that i'll fight for you and your families. >> it is all about ohio. >> do you want more of the same or do you want real change? >> and governor romney will be in aetna, ohio. >> this is about eric mac. >> the salesman versus the storm. >> we're going to win on tuesday night. >> all the battlegrounds look winnable for the president. >> we're really down to the last seven states. >> it is still all about the economy. >> we've made real progress. >> you've got this jobs report, the unemployment report. >> definitely a strong jobs report. >> stronger than expected. >> that's good. >> unemployment is higher today than when barack obama took office. >> he is about as hollow as the tin man. >> if we don't run candy crowley, romney will be the nominee and he'll lose. >>> we begin tonight with the latest on the recovery from the devastation of hurricane sandy. nbc news has now confirmed 94 dea
. >> thank you fema fema is about to run out with money. >> 88 hours in ohio. >> president obama on the ground in ohio. >> the center of the political universe right now. >> right here in ohio. >> you know that i'll fight for you and your families. >> it is all about ohio. >> do you want more of the same or do you want real change? >> and governor romney will be in aetna, ohio. >> this is about eric mac. >> the salesman versus...
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fema. what is the role of fema? do you pay for fema? fema is expensive. the cost has gone up. we'll talk about that a little bit and we'll talk as well about the election. six days away. what happens to that. ahead this morning. also ahead this morning going to talk a little bit more about the devastation left behind by the storms. take a look at this. airport turns into a lake basically. this is laguardia. laguardia airport. my husband was asking, trying to fly back, he said so when do you think i'm going to be able to fly back into laguardia? i said let me send you a picture from twitter. that will answer it. all that and much more ahead. ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose -- to make the world a safer place. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. >>> welcome back to "starting point," everyone. gasoline at a real premium in new jersey this morning after the superstorm sandy strike. the asbury park press is printing the names of local gas s
fema. what is the role of fema? do you pay for fema? fema is expensive. the cost has gone up. we'll talk about that a little bit and we'll talk as well about the election. six days away. what happens to that. ahead this morning. also ahead this morning going to talk a little bit more about the devastation left behind by the storms. take a look at this. airport turns into a lake basically. this is laguardia. laguardia airport. my husband was asking, trying to fly back, he said so when do you...